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April 30, 2007

Tobias Resigns Amid Sex Scandal

Randall L. Tobias, formerly President Bush’s Global AIDS Coordinator, resigned last week as Director of Foreign Assistance after it was reported that he used an escort service. Tobias was one of the administration’s main forces behind abstinence-only prevention and the policy of requiring countries to sign pledges against prostitution in order to receive U.S. AIDS funds.